USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Kismet Property
Mindat Confirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Bristol-Jackrabbit District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Adelaine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Fissures Deposit: Fissure with cerussite and copper carbonates replacing limestone along fissure and along bedding planes adjacent to it. 50 ft W of shaft, 1-1.5 ft of cerussite ore carrying a little copper lies parallel to bedding which d…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 50 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: r carbonates replacing limestone along fissure and along bedding planes adjacent to it. 50 ft W of shaft, 1-1.5 ft of cerussite ore c…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Kismet Mining Co · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Copper
- Cerussite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Copper Stain
- Limestone
View all 9 reported minerals
- Copper
- Cerussite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Copper Stain
- Limestone
- Smithsonite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (6)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 430916
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
- underground workings
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